City Park Players presents the 2017 Summer Theatre Workshop for Kids

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City Park Players is pleased to offer a Summer Theatre Workshop for children aged 7-12 this summer.

City Park Players’ Summer Theatre Workshop, directed by Tina Smith, will be held July 31 – August 4 from 1 – 5pm at the Hearn Stage in Downtown Alexandria. This crazy character camp will offer the opportunity for children aged 7-12 to develop acting and staging skills through theatre games, music, and activities.

Participants will audition, block, and rehearse various scenes, learning acting and singing techniques. The weeklong camp will culminate in a short performance on Friday, August 4 on Hearn Stage at Kress Theatre.

Sponsored by the RoyOMartin Foundation through a grant administered by the Arts Council of Central Louisiana.

Tribes by Nina Raine

Coming August 10-20

Hearn Stage at the Kress TheatreThursday-Saturday at 7:30pmSunday matinee at 2:30pm Tribes focuses on a comically dysfunctional Jewish family, made up of the parents Beth and Christopher and three grown children living at home, Daniel, Ruth and Billy, the last of whom is deaf, raised to read lips and speak but without knowledge of sign language.

When Billy meets Sylvia, a hearing woman born to deaf parents who is now slowly going deaf herself, his interaction with her (including her teaching him sign language) reveals some of the languages, beliefs, and hierarchies of the family and the “extended family” of the deaf community.

Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and as administered by the Arts Council of Central Louisiana. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.

Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and as administered by the Arts Council of Central Louisiana. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.